# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wang-mang
# Generated: 2026-09-02T18:10:38.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wang-mang"
name: "Wang Mang"
slug: "wang-mang"
description: "He abolished slavery, redistributed land, and tried to build the ideal Confucian state — then watched it collapse into peasant revolt and palace slaughter. Wang Mang ruled for fourteen years between the two halves of the Han dynasty, despised by tradition as a usurper, reconsidered by some as a reformer who reached too far."
tagline: "Han dynasty official and founding Emperor of the Xin Dynasty (c.45 BC-23 AD)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CN"
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birthDate: "-45"
deathDate: "1923-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             5.508813937167155
  historical:           23.152412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Wang Mang was a Han dynasty official and consort kin who seized the throne in AD 9, founding the Xin dynasty. A learned Confucian scholar, he set out to create the harmonious society he found in the classics: he abolished slavery and launched land redistribution. The reforms collapsed into chaos. His late reign saw massive peasant uprisings, notably the Lülin and Red Eyebrows rebellions. In October AD 23, rebels overran the capital Chang'an, sacked the imperial palaces, and killed Wang Mang in battle. The Han dynasty was restored — his fourteen-year reign now marks the dividing line between Western and Eastern Han.